Summary of Ignite Berlin 23rd May 2012 – and a list of 6 pieces of advice to others.

Format

What is Ignite? An Ignite talk is similar to Pecha Kucha  but harder still: 20 slides automatically forwarding after 15 seconds each – which sums up to a 5 minute talk.

The speakers’ list of Ignite Berlin had international guests on it – and there was an audience of about 70-100 people who gathered at the now officially opened Supermarkt, an event location and co-working space  in Brunnenstraße.

Compared to the Pecha Kucha Berlin the audience was smaller, the speakers’ list shorter and the atmosphere among members of the audience very relaxed, communicative and open. I met ‘new’ people apart from the usual suspects as it was easy to chat up others. The ‘layout’ of the stage was more speaker-friendly than at Pecha Kucha Berlin, as they were able to stand close to the laptop and could use it as a ‘teleprompter’ (or rather picture prompter). Unfortunately, the projection of the beamer was not very ...

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